# XXVII International Workshop on Deep Inelastic Scattering and Related Subjects

Apr 8 – 12, 2019
Turin
Europe/Rome timezone

## Accessing the high-$x$ content of protons and heavy nuclei in the fixed-target mode at the LHC

Apr 9, 2019, 8:50 AM
20m
Cavallerizza Reale - Aula Magna

### Cavallerizza Reale - Aula Magna

Via Verdi 9, Turin
Parallel Session Talk WG7: Future of DIS

### Speaker

Aleksander Kusina (IFJ PAN)

### Description

Using the LHCb and ALICE detectors in the fixed-target mode at the LHC offers unprecedented possibilities to study the quark, gluon and heavy-quark content of the proton and nuclei in the poorly known region of the high-momentum fractions. We review our projections for studies of Drell-Yan, charm, beauty and quarkonium production with both detector set-ups used with various nuclear targets and the LHC proton beams. Based on this, we show the expected improvement in the determination of the quark, charm and gluon proton and nuclear PDFs as well as discuss the implication for a better understanding of the cold-nuclear-matter effects in hard-probe production in proton-nucleus collisions.